tonic的意思

基本释义

• n&a 滋补品，补药；强身的，健体的

  a drink that you have as a medicine to give you more energy or strength when you feel tired

例句

1. A lot of people need a tonic at the end of the winter.

   很多人冬末需要进补。

短语

• hair tonic 生发油
• tonic wine 滋补酒
• tonic water 开胃水；奎宁水
• gin and tonic 琴酒补剂；杜松子酒补剂

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英英释义

tonic noun 1. a medicine that strengthens and invigorates Synonym: restorative 2. (music) the first note of a dia tonic scale Synonym: keynote 3. a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring e.g. in New England they call sodas tonics Synonym: popsodasoda popsoda water 4. lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine Synonym: tonic waterquinine water adj 1. imparting vitality and energy e.g. the bracing mountain air Synonym: bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing, refreshful 2. used of syllables e.g. a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word Synonym: accented 3. relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale e.g. tonic harmony 4. employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words e.g. Chinese is a tonal language Synonym: tonal 5. of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue e.g. a tonic reflex tonic muscle contraction

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